tubage
(ˈtjuːbɪdʒ)
[= F. tubage (Littré, 1874), f. tube tube: see -age.]
1. Surg. The introduction of a tube into a cavity or canal; esp. intubation of the larynx.
| 1880 M. Mackenzie Dis. Throat & Nose I. 181, I must here briefly refer to the subject of catheterism and ‘tubage’ of the larynx. 1886 in Trans. Amer. Pediatric Soc. (1897) IX. 29 [In 1886 O'Dwyer predicted] that at no distant day tracheotomy would be entirely superseded by ‘tubage of the larynx’. 1896 [see intubation]. |
b. Ordnance. The insertion of an inner tube or lining in the bore of a cannon; also, the process of shrinking an outer tube on an inner bore.
| 1882 Rep. of Chief of U.S. Ordnance 244 (Cent. D.) The present short steel tube has been the result of the essays in the tubage of guns. |
2. Tubes collectively; tubing; a system of tubes; in quot., in a tubular boiler.
| 1896 Daily News 20 Apr. 5/1 When the fires are at work, the slender tubage heaves and throbs, and through it scurries the river of steam-generating water. |